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that are better used to invest in the future and paying off our deficit. we simply cannot afford to spend taxpayer dollars on research, the private sector can do better and taxpayers should not be asked to provide additional support to an industry that consistently has record-breaking profits. our energy sector has some of the of the most promising ideas and technologies in the world. our energy policy, however, is horribly outdated. h.r. 2609 slashes research and development for renewable energy by some 60% and adds additional money that the administration either want -- neither wants nor needs to research fossil fuels and clean coal. at the same time it continues to spend far too much on fossil fuel r&d. in fact, we dole out more fossil fuel subsidies than any other country. more than $500 billion in 2011. and they often go to expensive projects with little upside. the fact is we don't need to spend taxpayer money this way. fossil fuel companies are highly profitable, posting some of the highest profits in the world, and they can shoulder than other r&d
that are better used to invest in the future and paying off our deficit. we simply cannot afford to spend taxpayer dollars on research, the private sector can do better and taxpayers should not be asked to provide additional support to an industry that consistently has record-breaking profits. our energy sector has some of the of the most promising ideas and technologies in the world. our energy policy, however, is horribly outdated. h.r. 2609 slashes research and development for renewable...
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this $48 million would be put towards deficit reduction. look, opponents of the amendment are go to go claim this money is necessary for national security, but in fact that could not be further from the truth. in fact the question of the whether or not the united states enrichment corporation is truly vital is being reviewed by the general accountability office which is expected to release a report on both the national security question as well as the economics of sending further taxpayer dollars to the united states enrichment corporation. because the report is pending, t is in the best interest of hard-earned taxpayer dollars we suspend aid until we have more information as to what the company is doing with the money it is receiving. the united states enrichment corporation is so poorly run, last may the new york stock exchange threatened to delist them due to its financial health. articles over the years have documented its financial woes and the near monthly collapse of its stock prices. during the june share holders' meeting, 80% of th
this $48 million would be put towards deficit reduction. look, opponents of the amendment are go to go claim this money is necessary for national security, but in fact that could not be further from the truth. in fact the question of the whether or not the united states enrichment corporation is truly vital is being reviewed by the general accountability office which is expected to release a report on both the national security question as well as the economics of sending further taxpayer...
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the student loan program itself is paying down the national deficit because of the profit the federal government makes. it's time to stop that and make student loans affordable for students and for their families. this congress simply has not done right by students. forcing these students to continue to graduate with an increasing mountain of debt while at the same time they lament the students are graduating with increased debt. that's what the republicans offered, that's why as my colleague from colorado said it was dead on arrival when it went to the senate. it was dead on a bipartisan basis when it went to the senate. the time has come now to defeat the previous question so that we can bring the one-year fix to make sure that students are protected from the doubling of the interest rates that is now occurring because of the inaction by the republicans in the house of representatives. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from texas is recog
the student loan program itself is paying down the national deficit because of the profit the federal government makes. it's time to stop that and make student loans affordable for students and for their families. this congress simply has not done right by students. forcing these students to continue to graduate with an increasing mountain of debt while at the same time they lament the students are graduating with increased debt. that's what the republicans offered, that's why as my colleague...
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year so in italy expenditures rose by one point three percent revenue however remained flat and so the deficit rose to seven point three percent of g.d.p. up from six point six percent last year but they have a magical way to sort out their master treaty requirements to keep the deficit under three percent basically they have one hundred twenty billion euros that the government owes private contractors and they haven't paid and they can't pay because they just don't have the money nor does the e.u. want them to have to sell bonds in order to pay off these private debts and flavio is on a note economic development service says i would love to pay the past two debts of the public administration by two thousand and thirteen but i don't know if it can be done it's not ill will but there is a technical problem. where they're going to default essentially and they're just trying to get a default up a something other than a default and default is where everyone setting because there's no way that this ponzi scheme of global economic fraud can continue yeah and just like the first story you know the ge
year so in italy expenditures rose by one point three percent revenue however remained flat and so the deficit rose to seven point three percent of g.d.p. up from six point six percent last year but they have a magical way to sort out their master treaty requirements to keep the deficit under three percent basically they have one hundred twenty billion euros that the government owes private contractors and they haven't paid and they can't pay because they just don't have the money nor does the...
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we do not have a deficit right now. we have the opposite of a deficit right now. as of june the u.s. government was taking in $117 billion more that month than it was putting out. we are not in the red, we are in the black. this is the largest june budget surplus ever recorded in the history of the united states of america. but still, a thousand florida national guardsmen are not filling sandbags one day a week every week indefinitely even through storm season because congress panicked about that budget deficit that we do not have. and the deputy manager of the program to land this drone on the "u.s.s. george h.w. bush" says he is furloughing in place on the aircraft carrier while the drone is finally completing its historic landing. this is basically how it goes in the nonsense hold that we call the american congress right now. in that nonsense hole, house republicans find themselves digging deeper and deeper and deeper with no real plans on how to get out. i, though, have an idea for how to help them. do you remember the big deal in washington right now is that
we do not have a deficit right now. we have the opposite of a deficit right now. as of june the u.s. government was taking in $117 billion more that month than it was putting out. we are not in the red, we are in the black. this is the largest june budget surplus ever recorded in the history of the united states of america. but still, a thousand florida national guardsmen are not filling sandbags one day a week every week indefinitely even through storm season because congress panicked about...
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but can you imagine what $2.3 trillion in our energy trade deficit translates into lost jobs in america over the last 10 years? it's a hemorrhage. our republic will not compete in this 21st century and beyond if we further reduce investments in this area and cede our energy to other countries. predatory foreign competition in energy poses a real security threat to our contry. i view it as the chief security threat to our country. i appreciate the chairman's commitment to ensure that technology developed with taxpayer dollars benefits our nation first. department of energy, however, must do more to ensure that intellectual property supported by federal dollars furthers the interest of the united states economy. and i'm concerned with the level of funding, i appreciate the chairman's commitment to american manufacturing in this bill, manufacturing remains one of the most important job drivers in our economy. usingere is little use in federal dollars that are ultimately made in america and manufactured domestically. america must do more to reverse the trend of domestic firms shifting produ
but can you imagine what $2.3 trillion in our energy trade deficit translates into lost jobs in america over the last 10 years? it's a hemorrhage. our republic will not compete in this 21st century and beyond if we further reduce investments in this area and cede our energy to other countries. predatory foreign competition in energy poses a real security threat to our contry. i view it as the chief security threat to our country. i appreciate the chairman's commitment to ensure that technology...
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any deal on interest rates should not reduce the deficit on the backs of students. we should not trade national debt for student debt. and number two, we need to keep in place an interest rate cap, an interest rate cap as a key consumer protection to shield students from exorbitant rates in the future. now, i have the highest respect for our president. i served with him here. he was on our committee. i only wish that perhaps they had talked to us a little bit before they came out with their proposal. president obama came out with a proposal on student loans. the first president since 1958, first president, not democratic president, first president, democrat or republican, to propose going from a 91 t-bill date to a ten-year treasury note. no other president suggested that. secondly, no president since 1958, no president, has advocated removing the cap. president obama in his proposal proposed removing the cap. well, i believe it's safe to say that our caucus said no, we're not going to do that. we're not going to lift this key consumer protection of having an intere
any deal on interest rates should not reduce the deficit on the backs of students. we should not trade national debt for student debt. and number two, we need to keep in place an interest rate cap, an interest rate cap as a key consumer protection to shield students from exorbitant rates in the future. now, i have the highest respect for our president. i served with him here. he was on our committee. i only wish that perhaps they had talked to us a little bit before they came out with their...
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we did it in 2005 under the ccra anchts the deficit reduction reduction act. senator harkin's appropriations committee has made changes to the eligibility rules to the pell grants each of the past several years outside of the higher education authorization, including the elimination of summer eligibility, ability to benefit, and lower of the automatic enrollment for low-income students. i mean, it -- it's just not fair to come and say, to me, that i'm doing an outside higher reauthorization. there is a track record continually of the person that accused us of doing it of doing it himself, of let me say that he is accurate. i'd be happy to yield. mr. manchin: if i could, i want to thank the good senator for working in such a bipartisan manner. this bill haif this bill has bed as belonging to one party or the other, it is wrong. we sat down together, senator cobun, senator a aalexander, senator burr, and we had senator carperrer and looked at how we could fiction something. this deadline hit, we knew one year ago when we extended it, they said it was a political
we did it in 2005 under the ccra anchts the deficit reduction reduction act. senator harkin's appropriations committee has made changes to the eligibility rules to the pell grants each of the past several years outside of the higher education authorization, including the elimination of summer eligibility, ability to benefit, and lower of the automatic enrollment for low-income students. i mean, it -- it's just not fair to come and say, to me, that i'm doing an outside higher reauthorization....
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we need to bring deficits down. we need to get our country on a fiscally sustainable path, but we need to do so in a rational way which does not undermine our national security, does not undermine the services of being rendered to the people who are relying on them and that does not send the message to our employees and those whom we need to recruit in the future hat we're a good employer, we're a caring employer, we're an effective employer and you ought to work for us, you ought to work for your country, for your fellow citizens. mr. speaker, we need to go to conference, we need to get rid of the sequester, we need to put america on a rational path to fiscal responsibility and effectiveness and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, for five minutes. mr. coble: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, benghazi mattered and the american people deserve answers. on the evening of september 11, 2012, terrorist
we need to bring deficits down. we need to get our country on a fiscally sustainable path, but we need to do so in a rational way which does not undermine our national security, does not undermine the services of being rendered to the people who are relying on them and that does not send the message to our employees and those whom we need to recruit in the future hat we're a good employer, we're a caring employer, we're an effective employer and you ought to work for us, you ought to work for...
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economic scrambling to raise money to bring down its deficit the french government has. to get its economy back on track after a host of increases back in two thousand and thirteen finance minister has refused to rule out yet more hikes next year but he. reports the heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy. it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red price tags there are said stories for pascal whose flour and gift shop has been in business for twenty five years it's a closing down so for many months the taxes he pays have been eaten up all his profit his simply doesn't make money any more. they don't understand that we small businessmen at the engines and guarantors of the country's development and they are stifling us i can't afford starr and i do all the work myself for twelve hours a day but that isn't enough. to businessmen from china and the arab world have already responded to his almost two hundred thousand to your offer to sell up prescott is not surprised at the lack of domestic
economic scrambling to raise money to bring down its deficit the french government has. to get its economy back on track after a host of increases back in two thousand and thirteen finance minister has refused to rule out yet more hikes next year but he. reports the heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy. it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red price tags there are said stories for pascal whose flour and...
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so that end deficit, it was agreed deficit countries need to raise national saving and large surplus nations needed to boost domestic demand. and as well as pursue greater exchange rate flexibility. there has been a good degree proving guess on rebalancing. you see this in the current account positions around the world. there are also has been progress in moving towards more markets determination of exchange rates. you see this in particular in our discussions with the chinese. i think there's a stronger consensus. there's a consensus around the need for greater exchange rate reforms in the g20 and we've been able to redraft the language and build a consensus around great market determination of exchange rates, enhanced flexibility, refraining from competitive devalues -- devaluation and the like. what, you know, obviously the global economy has evolved and faced some different consults since, since pittsburgh and one of the key things that we've tried to emphasize, as we pursue the path of raising national savings that countries around the rest of the world boost domestic demand so
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a very positive impact in terms of reducing the deficit. but as i said there are many studies that are -- very respectable studies that indicate the contribution is very positive. just thinking of one at this point. i mention the national research council. there's another one that was significant at the time. jeffrey passel did a study of what happened between the 1970s and the 1990s. that's two decade perfected. and -- period, and he came up with a figure. the net contribution was $25 billion. but again, when you look at it, always think that the effect of immigration on the economy goes beyond what they themselves produce and consume and what they themselves pay and what they themselves take out of the system, because the impact the whole of u.s. society. they make all of society more productive. the entire economy more productive. so it's almost impossible to calculate exactly what the impact will be but we know it will be positive because if the economy becomes more productive and you're producing more goods and services, by definition
a very positive impact in terms of reducing the deficit. but as i said there are many studies that are -- very respectable studies that indicate the contribution is very positive. just thinking of one at this point. i mention the national research council. there's another one that was significant at the time. jeffrey passel did a study of what happened between the 1970s and the 1990s. that's two decade perfected. and -- period, and he came up with a figure. the net contribution was $25 billion....
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now, because of the winds, head winds that include direction of fed policy, sovereign debt, budget deficits, all of this comes together and effects the investors trust somewhat in the market. the adviser has to step in and take a disciplined approach and have an investment solution. >> so coming back to the simple question, how come retail investors are not in this market? >> i believe they do trust their advisers. >> i we'll start it see more investors confidence come into the market. and in the final phase of this bull market rally. that has historically always been the case. in the final phase and i do believe like rich bernstein says, we are in the middle innings. we are in this bull market as the fourth and fifth -- >> you can talk about that until the cows come home about where we are with the bull market. but the investors out there believe at some point we are going to go -- we're probably in some type of a bubble. or if we're not in a bubble, they just don't feel like -- they get a fair shake. i think it is what i said before. if you want to look at what do you do, we have been wai
now, because of the winds, head winds that include direction of fed policy, sovereign debt, budget deficits, all of this comes together and effects the investors trust somewhat in the market. the adviser has to step in and take a disciplined approach and have an investment solution. >> so coming back to the simple question, how come retail investors are not in this market? >> i believe they do trust their advisers. >> i we'll start it see more investors confidence come into...
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here's a chart that shows america's trade deficit. and energy, imported energy comprises the largest account. we haven't had a balanced trade deficit since the 1970's when the job hemorrhage started in this country. and it gets worse every year. america's future depends on innovation. we can't continue to live like this. every community you go to in this country, they say, well, we have to move somewhere because my child can't find a job or, gosh, i had to get another job and i had my salary cut in half. it's pretty obvious what's been happening. the major category of trade deficits is energy imports. energy. because we are not self-sufficient in energy production in this country. part of the answer lies in new energy systems. systems that even nasa has helped us to begin to invent. yes, in the solar fields. yes, in new hydrogen technologies like cryogenic hydrogen. yes, in natural gas. thank goodness the department invested in fossil fuel technologies. that's where the fracking technologies came from. it came from thinking about the
here's a chart that shows america's trade deficit. and energy, imported energy comprises the largest account. we haven't had a balanced trade deficit since the 1970's when the job hemorrhage started in this country. and it gets worse every year. america's future depends on innovation. we can't continue to live like this. every community you go to in this country, they say, well, we have to move somewhere because my child can't find a job or, gosh, i had to get another job and i had my salary...
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and to cover more stuff about the debt and the deficit. that never gets covered. i was sent 10-15 seconds. i said i'm not going to run a break and won a big chunk of the speech. my source sent me the whole speech. if i was accused of taking it out of context, they could see that it was clearly in context. i think that is very important. giving the reporter is much as possible can -- the campaign did a smart thing. they had a tracker record everything joe walsh said. it was public. anyone can go see it. they didn't have time to go watch all of this. he did not necessarily find the nuttiest things he said. it was all out of reporters who had the time to go through. that was great. i would love every lawmaker put up raw video so you could find it. that was very helpful. i cannot get out to illinois. there are a couple ways that, if you're an activist or if you are working on a campaign, you can have your favorite reporter that you send things to directly. do you trust the reporter to keep your identity secret, to write it up anyway that you think is going to be fair?
and to cover more stuff about the debt and the deficit. that never gets covered. i was sent 10-15 seconds. i said i'm not going to run a break and won a big chunk of the speech. my source sent me the whole speech. if i was accused of taking it out of context, they could see that it was clearly in context. i think that is very important. giving the reporter is much as possible can -- the campaign did a smart thing. they had a tracker record everything joe walsh said. it was public. anyone can go...
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another mired in economic malaise and scrambling to raise money to bring down his deficit and the french government has again turned to texas to get its economy back on track though after a host of increases just this year the finance minister has refused to rule out yet more tax hikes and twenty fourteen results is more if the national report's heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind some of the red cross tags there are said stories. whose flour and get chopped has been in business for twenty five years it's a closing down. for many months the taxes he pays have been eaten up all his profit he simply doesn't make money anymore. they don't understand that we small business men are the engines in guarantors of the country's development and they are stifling us i can't afford starr and i do all the work myself for twelve hours a day but that isn't enough. to businessmen from china and the arab world have already responded to his almost two hundred thousand two year offer to sum u
another mired in economic malaise and scrambling to raise money to bring down his deficit and the french government has again turned to texas to get its economy back on track though after a host of increases just this year the finance minister has refused to rule out yet more tax hikes and twenty fourteen results is more if the national report's heavy burden is pushing independent businesses to the brink of bankruptcy it's that's half the time of slashed prices in the stores of paris but behind...
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>> well, thailand runs a trade deficit of around 7% of the gdp just for japan itself. so a weaker yen is not necessarily a bad thing for thailand in the sense that they will still be able to source intermediate goods from japan at a much cheaper cost. some of that benefit has been eroded by the weakness in bart, but i think if the thai -- if the japanese economy is doing bet, thailand is going to be a source of -- source for fbi destination. they will be likely get more capital inflows from that side and those trade relations are only getting more deeply entrenched. so from a more medium term perspective, still remains fairly positive for the thai economy. >> all right. thanks for that. good to speak to you. that's the latest from singapore. more from the ecb's mr. cure. publicly supplied liquidity can create distortions in the economy. it is not inflationary. keep your eyes on that. also some other things on the agenda in asia tomorrow, no less than four central bank decisions on tap. all expected to hold steady. we could see an interest rate hike from indonesia. in j
>> well, thailand runs a trade deficit of around 7% of the gdp just for japan itself. so a weaker yen is not necessarily a bad thing for thailand in the sense that they will still be able to source intermediate goods from japan at a much cheaper cost. some of that benefit has been eroded by the weakness in bart, but i think if the thai -- if the japanese economy is doing bet, thailand is going to be a source of -- source for fbi destination. they will be likely get more capital inflows...
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that deficit has been widening. so, you know, it is going to be harder to finance a deficit if these outflows will persist. and this is why, again, another reason the bi had to be more aggressive in their response. >> yeah, and look, having this impact today, commodity prices up slightly, we have seen a big collapse in commodity prices, how does the fall in commodity prices impact a country like malaysia? >> well, from malaysia, it is a clear positive of commodity prices increase because it is the only kind of large net exporter of commodities, but for indonesia, it is mixed because they are commodity exporter, but they're a net oil importer, right. so if commodity prices come down and that affects oil, that's positive for them, but for the others, that hurts them a little bit. little bit mixed in indonesia in terms of commodity price impact. a little clearer in malaysia. >> just a final one, to you, the -- just picking up on as we look at the relative strength of the u.s. economy, how is japan going to react to tha
that deficit has been widening. so, you know, it is going to be harder to finance a deficit if these outflows will persist. and this is why, again, another reason the bi had to be more aggressive in their response. >> yeah, and look, having this impact today, commodity prices up slightly, we have seen a big collapse in commodity prices, how does the fall in commodity prices impact a country like malaysia? >> well, from malaysia, it is a clear positive of commodity prices increase...
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another one was that deficit spending is not bad public policy. a third one, punishment is not a deterrent to crime. and the fourth one -- and this is a big one -- is that government can run our lives better than people can. and that's exactly what we're talking about here. the reason they have been wanting to do this with regulating carbon, i think, is better articulated by a guy that i don't think anyone will argue could be the most knowledgeable scientist in america. his name is richard lindsen with m.i.t.. his quote was that regulating carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. if you regulate carbon, you regulate life. you control life. that's what bureaucrats want to do. that's what the environmentalists want to do in controlling our lives. they want to determine what cars we drive, what kind of houses we live in, how our cities are built, and all of that. and they can do all of this by regulating carbon dioxide. and democrats particularly in the senate have been unsuccessful in passing legislation to accomplish this. this is the key. it was way back d
another one was that deficit spending is not bad public policy. a third one, punishment is not a deterrent to crime. and the fourth one -- and this is a big one -- is that government can run our lives better than people can. and that's exactly what we're talking about here. the reason they have been wanting to do this with regulating carbon, i think, is better articulated by a guy that i don't think anyone will argue could be the most knowledgeable scientist in america. his name is richard...
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the business community is not speaking up the way they used to, and deficit's down to 600 billion, i can't believe that's disease now, but we are doing well now. we have to feel intensity and feel it relenslessly. >> dave kemp said about the involvement in the talks on the deficit commission in the negotiations, head of the house, ways, and means committee. great to have them involved, great to have dave cote involved, forget taxes, not going to happen. you heard the same thing on the spending size as well. sounds like positions on both sides from raising revenue to putting spending, but you say that's not the case. slowly, this is eroding? >> i would say, remember the big learning on the three things? >> uh-huh. >> what they say is not necessarily what they think or what they are willing to do because at -- there's -- it's one of the things i learned is that there are really smart, well-meaninged people here. dealing with some of them, i can't believe what you said. you can't. so illogical that you can't, but there are some of those. i ran into a lot of people who are very bright an
the business community is not speaking up the way they used to, and deficit's down to 600 billion, i can't believe that's disease now, but we are doing well now. we have to feel intensity and feel it relenslessly. >> dave kemp said about the involvement in the talks on the deficit commission in the negotiations, head of the house, ways, and means committee. great to have them involved, great to have dave cote involved, forget taxes, not going to happen. you heard the same thing on the...
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you know, students have already contributed billions to deficit reduction. but the problem is senate republican leader has insisted all other proposals that we balance the budget on the backs of struggling students and their families, and so far they have refused to put the interest of students and tomorrow's middle class ahead of tax code spending that benefits the wealthy. what they've introduced is a bill that includes no cap on how high student loan rates could go, something c.b.o. tells us will mean students could be locked in at rates over 8% in just a few short years. and in fact, it would be better to absolutely do nothing now than to take up and pass the republican bill. you know, i bet everybody listening knows a family member or a coworker who is up to their neck in student debt. it is a weight that keeps them from helping to grow our economy or start a family or take risks with their careers. and it's a weight that is not easily shed. we can't continue to do this, to generation after generation of college students and expect to be able to compete
you know, students have already contributed billions to deficit reduction. but the problem is senate republican leader has insisted all other proposals that we balance the budget on the backs of struggling students and their families, and so far they have refused to put the interest of students and tomorrow's middle class ahead of tax code spending that benefits the wealthy. what they've introduced is a bill that includes no cap on how high student loan rates could go, something c.b.o. tells us...
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it helps our deficit problem as well. the only other point i want to make is this. some are comparing this bill to the president's health care bill. nothing could be further from the truth. i supported this president's health care bill, and i still do, but that was basically a democratic effort. it had no republicans have been. mccain and schumer would not be standing here together in favor of the aca. and this bill has very broad support. it's bipartisan. it has the support on the health care bill business and labor were split. business and labor united here. we have evangelicals. we have the agriculture community, both growers and workers. and so to say that this is just like the president health care bill, nothing could be further from the trees. this is just what america wants us to do. work together in a bipartisan way to move forward. so those extreme opponents come they keep coming up with new reasons to oppose the bill. one of their latest is all, our bill is 1000 pages and complicated. well, from what i understand, the bill so they're putting together and t
it helps our deficit problem as well. the only other point i want to make is this. some are comparing this bill to the president's health care bill. nothing could be further from the truth. i supported this president's health care bill, and i still do, but that was basically a democratic effort. it had no republicans have been. mccain and schumer would not be standing here together in favor of the aca. and this bill has very broad support. it's bipartisan. it has the support on the health care...
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it's an opportunity to reduce our deficit and make our government work better. this amendment represents a relatively small change to the bill but i believe it speaks to a larger principle. it will be an inappropriate use of taxpayer money to purchase more cars when so many folks across the country are being forced out of work and so many critical projects sit untouched. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i move to strike the last word, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. to relinghuysen: i rise oppose the gentleman from georgia's amendment. the amendment -- his amendment is overly broad and would prevent the department of energy, the army corps of engineers, the bureau of reclamation, the national nuclear security agency, all agencies covered under our bill from leasing our purchasing any new vehicles. i understand my colleague's concerns with the s
it's an opportunity to reduce our deficit and make our government work better. this amendment represents a relatively small change to the bill but i believe it speaks to a larger principle. it will be an inappropriate use of taxpayer money to purchase more cars when so many folks across the country are being forced out of work and so many critical projects sit untouched. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his...
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estimates this bill as written will add $1.3 trillion to the deficit in 2014. at this point i would like to yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: this is a shameful day. the house republican leadership has decided again to abandon all efforts to come to a bipartisan agreement on the farm bill. they have launched an attack on the working poor, veterans, children, and seniors who rely on the nutrition program in a desperate attempt to win political points with their conservative base. after an embarrassing, chaotic defeat of their last proposal, they decide to make a bad situation worse. this proposal strips out the entire nutrition title, putting families and children at risk of going hungry. givemade a clear choice to subsidies to corporations at the expense of the hungry and poor. today house republicans are telling hungry children, food banks who he meet the need of their communities. and low-income citizens, their needs don't ma
estimates this bill as written will add $1.3 trillion to the deficit in 2014. at this point i would like to yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: this is a shameful day. the house republican leadership has decided again to abandon all efforts to come to a bipartisan agreement on the farm bill. they have launched an attack on the working poor, veterans, children,...
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in specifics, it reads that reform will grow the economy by 3.3% and bring down the deficit by close to $8850 billion over the next -- by close to $850 billion over the next 20 years. we're back after the break. actually mean it. >> you're putting out there something that you're proud of. journalists want the the story and they want the right story and the want the true story. >> you can say anything here. >> i spent a couple of hours with a hooker. >> your mistake was writing a check. >> she never cashed it! >> the war room. >> compared to other countries with tighter gun safety laws our death toll is just staggering. >> the young turks. >> the top bankers who funneled all the money to the drug lords, no sentence. there's just no justice in that. >> viewpoint. >> carl rove said today that mitt romney is a lock to win next pope. he's garunteeing it. >> joy behar: say anything. >> is the bottom line then that no white person should ever, ever, ever use the "n" word? >> yes! >> only on current tv. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. six minutes after the hou
in specifics, it reads that reform will grow the economy by 3.3% and bring down the deficit by close to $8850 billion over the next -- by close to $850 billion over the next 20 years. we're back after the break. actually mean it. >> you're putting out there something that you're proud of. journalists want the the story and they want the right story and the want the true story. >> you can say anything here. >> i spent a couple of hours with a hooker. >> your mistake was...
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guest: i think that the trade deficit had been an issue for the u.s. there have been a lot of jobs, essentially we opened up ourselves to the world from a global trade perspective and we didn't really put a lot of emphasis on making sure that the other countries that we were doing business with had, say, the same labor standards, the same pay levels. so many american workers were thrown into competition with a huge global competition with workers willing to be paid a lot less. so a lot of that work was transferred there. some people say that's the way it goes and how the global economy moves around. that might be the case. but that doesn't mean there aren't jobs americans can't do. and the definition of doing something that your caller -- i agree that there are do-nothing jobs in every organization probably. but the point that your caller was making i think there are -- the definition of doing something is very broad and there are a lot of thing that is need to be done in this country including services jobs that aren't getting filled by the private se
guest: i think that the trade deficit had been an issue for the u.s. there have been a lot of jobs, essentially we opened up ourselves to the world from a global trade perspective and we didn't really put a lot of emphasis on making sure that the other countries that we were doing business with had, say, the same labor standards, the same pay levels. so many american workers were thrown into competition with a huge global competition with workers willing to be paid a lot less. so a lot of that...
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deficits down to $608 billion. we're doing well now. we need to keep speaking up. because they had to feel the intense tip and they had to feel it relentlessly. >> and dave camp said in your commission the head of the negotiations, the head of the house ways and means committee. forget about taxes. it's not going to happen. you heard the same thing on the spending side as well. the positions on both sides, raising revenue to consulting spending. but you're saying that's not the case. that slowly this is eroding? >> i would say -- remember my learning on the three things, what they say is not necessarily what they think or what they're willing to do. there's -- it's one thing i ended up learning -- there's really smart well meaning people down there. now there are some, dealing with some of them. i've had times where i looked at someone and said you can't possibly believe what you just said. you just can't. it's so illogical, you can't. but there are some of those. but i would say i've run into a lot of people who are very bright and really want to do the right thin
deficits down to $608 billion. we're doing well now. we need to keep speaking up. because they had to feel the intense tip and they had to feel it relentlessly. >> and dave camp said in your commission the head of the negotiations, the head of the house ways and means committee. forget about taxes. it's not going to happen. you heard the same thing on the spending side as well. the positions on both sides, raising revenue to consulting spending. but you're saying that's not the case. that...
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it raises -- doesn't the cbo say it reduces the deficit. it creates jobs, right? >> how could they be opposed to a disaster aid for the state of new jersey and new york? that made no sense. why would you back gun -- the gun -- the background check bill which 90% of americans supported. >> no logic as to why the house republicans stand in the way and obstruct and have adopted this radical behavior. it is too late for republicans to now to try to reason with house republicans saying look, this is a conservative bill. it's got what you want. odds are you know, the crazies in the house went to the republican party to which fox news has cheered because it's been -- you know, thwarting obama at every turn. now they're going to try to reason with house republicans with the tea party members. good luck to everybody. these people are committed to doing nothing at this point. >> stephanie: not to be politically incorrect but we were laughing a little little bit on "meet the press," raoul labrador. retriever, i can't remember his name. republican. an accent talking about how
it raises -- doesn't the cbo say it reduces the deficit. it creates jobs, right? >> how could they be opposed to a disaster aid for the state of new jersey and new york? that made no sense. why would you back gun -- the gun -- the background check bill which 90% of americans supported. >> no logic as to why the house republicans stand in the way and obstruct and have adopted this radical behavior. it is too late for republicans to now to try to reason with house republicans saying...
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the healthcare law came into law, i know for a fact that the numbers have gotten better as far as our deficit, and there are people that are now covered with healthcare who could not afford it prior to this print out would like to represent -- i would like the representatives comments on this. guest: there are significant challenges and healthcare. we believe you can solve the the challenges without pushing washington in charge. the bill i proposed is one of those ways. i would take issue with the fact of costs coming down. costs are coming down -- going up in health coverage. we have seen that the administration promised they would go up -- go down by $2500. former colleagues, physicians across this country, i know some doctors who will have to leave practice. they will have to end up practicing medicine not because they are too old, but because of the onerous regulations and the difficulty they have in caring for patients and complying with all of the rules. in addition, we are spending ourselves into oblivion. we have nearly $17 trillion in debt in this country. the first four years of the
the healthcare law came into law, i know for a fact that the numbers have gotten better as far as our deficit, and there are people that are now covered with healthcare who could not afford it prior to this print out would like to represent -- i would like the representatives comments on this. guest: there are significant challenges and healthcare. we believe you can solve the the challenges without pushing washington in charge. the bill i proposed is one of those ways. i would take issue with...
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and would boost our economy and make our country safer, reducing the deficit by about a trillion dollars over the next two decades. i remind the speaker there is no shame in passing bills both parties can support. americans want their elected officials to work together to fix the nation's problems. that's what we did in the senate. i promise the formula will work in the house of representatives as well. the speaker should try that. sticking to the hastert rule is preventing the house from passing legislation to reform the ailing postal service. he refused to even take it up last congress. didn't even take it up. sticking to the hastert rule prevented the house from passing a measure that would give brick-and-mortar stores parity. we passed it on a bipartisan vote here, mr. president. i mean it's heartbreaking all over america, i see it in nevada to go by these strip malls and you see these places that if they had the advantage of not having to pay sales tax -- that's what happens on line -- they would be in business. they would go back into business if the online -- the sales tax would h
and would boost our economy and make our country safer, reducing the deficit by about a trillion dollars over the next two decades. i remind the speaker there is no shame in passing bills both parties can support. americans want their elected officials to work together to fix the nation's problems. that's what we did in the senate. i promise the formula will work in the house of representatives as well. the speaker should try that. sticking to the hastert rule is preventing the house from...
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today those of us who came to town to cut spending, reduce the deficit, reduce the size of government, and make reforms have a real opportunity to walk the walk. this farm bill does all of those things. this bill is going to save taxpayers $19.3 billion. it's going to repeal or consolidate more than 100 programs at usda. and it's going to repeal the direct program. something that many of my farmers and ranchers back home are -- do not want to give up. the farm bill also does a couple other things. it is being considered separately on its own merits. as many in this body have called for, and it replaces antiquated permanent law so we don't face things like the dairy cliff tend of the year anymore. the bill before us reforms not just the politics of the farm bill, but the process as well. this farm bill has earned our support and i urge my colleagues to vote yes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. peterson: i yield two minutes to the distinguished minority whip, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the spe
today those of us who came to town to cut spending, reduce the deficit, reduce the size of government, and make reforms have a real opportunity to walk the walk. this farm bill does all of those things. this bill is going to save taxpayers $19.3 billion. it's going to repeal or consolidate more than 100 programs at usda. and it's going to repeal the direct program. something that many of my farmers and ranchers back home are -- do not want to give up. the farm bill also does a couple other...
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they have an extremely debt and deficit situation and stuck in a difficult spot. do you raise the sales tax to address that? >> hard question. >> very difficult. >> difficult is saying it mildly for the amount of the growth. 260%. it is incredible is what it is. by the way, any of those people talking about it for years, rates still stay incredibly low. >> absolutely. absolutely. a real rate in japan than the u.s. >> the supermarket industry has a deal today. growth is tough to come by. kroger's number one leader on the s&p right now, david. >> wow. >> like the ganette of the supermarket business. >> go ahead. >> that is something that we should watch because it's not just, of course, the acquired company in this case harris teeter. how they got to the 38 cents is interesting. i know kelly's exciting shopping at both of these places. >> i know them well. >> we talk about it so often. acquirer stocks go up. talking about accretion here. >> the thing about harris teeter is maybe this is a reason why kroger is responding well, it positioned themselves. only 200 some
they have an extremely debt and deficit situation and stuck in a difficult spot. do you raise the sales tax to address that? >> hard question. >> very difficult. >> difficult is saying it mildly for the amount of the growth. 260%. it is incredible is what it is. by the way, any of those people talking about it for years, rates still stay incredibly low. >> absolutely. absolutely. a real rate in japan than the u.s. >> the supermarket industry has a deal today....